On the Supply of Cartridges, Rifles, and Machine Guns (Resolution of the Council of Labour and Defence, Adopted on the Report of I. V. Stalin, May 21, 1920)
О снабжении патронами, винтовками и пулеметами (постановление Совета Труда и Обороны, принятое по докладу И. В. Сталина, 21 мая 1920 г.)
Date: 1920-05-21
Source: LS vol 34
Translated by: AI (Claude)

1. Set the necessary monthly output of the cartridge factories for the needs of the army at 35 million cartridges, and set the condition of bringing it up to 40 million cartridges.

2. Set the necessary monthly arms output of the factories for the needs of the army at 30,000 rifles, with the requirement that the Council of Military Industry, proceeding from this figure, bring it up to 35,000 rifles.

3. Set the necessary monthly output of the machine-gun factories for the needs of the army at 400 machine guns with one set of spare parts and 200 full sets of spare parts.

4. Approve the resolution:
a) on measures for the regular and timely supply of the Red Army ration to the arms and cartridge factories;
b) on the classification of these factories in the third category under the decree of the CPC of May 11 of this year on workers' leave during the summer period of 1920;
c) on ensuring the supply of labour to the factories of the military industry;
d) on checking the availability and reserving for the Council of Military Industry the discovered quantities of lead, type-metal, and other metals;
e) on ensuring the supply of petroleum fuel to the cartridge factories;
f) on granting the Council of Military Industry the right to communicate by direct wire with the factories of the priority group, with the following addition adopted:

"Instruct the Council of Military Industry to come to agreement within a two-week period with the People's Commissariat of Posts and Telegraphs on the question of at which factories and in what order the direct wires should be made available to the Council of Military Industry.

In the event of disagreement, submit a report to the Council of Labour and Defence."

5. Oblige the Council of Military Industry to submit to the Council of Labour and Defence written reports every two weeks on the question of the supply of cartridges, rifles, and machine guns and on the progress of productive work in this field.

Chairman of the Council of Labour and Defence
V. Ulyanov (Lenin)

Printed from the minutes No. 123 of the plenary meeting of the Council of Labour and Defence, May 21, 1920